Gender pay gap in unadjusted form

In 2024, Ireland's gender pay gap in unadjusted form decreased by 3.5% compared to 2023, reaching 16.6.

Ireland accounts for 74.8% of the EU-27 total of 22.2.

Ireland ranks 17th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.4% (from 20.6 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tesem180, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.